Winter Storm Watch issued January 30 at 3:47PM CST until February 03 at 12:00AM CST by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS1255E5666B2C.WinterStormWatch.1255E9BDF320KS.TOPWSWTOP.ad40f84905b91ac2f6e4f388b6aa5371 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov 2016-01-30T15:47:00-06:00 Actual Alert Public Alert for Brown; Clay; Cloud; Marshall; Nemaha; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Republic; Riley; Washington (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather Service Met Winter Storm Watch Future Moderate Possible SAME WSA 2016-01-30T15:47:00-06:00 2016-02-03T00:00:00-06:00 NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas) Winter Storm Watch issued January 30 at 3:47PM CST until February 03 at 12:00AM CST by NWS Topeka …WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING…SNOW WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON…BECOME HEAVY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING…AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY BEFORE COMING TO AN END AROUND MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATION…THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE HEAVY SNOW WILL HAVE A VERY SHARP CUTOFF TO ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATION. * WIND…WINDS WILL FREQUENTLY GUST 30 TO 40 MPH…AND OCCASIONALLY HIGHER. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY EVENING…EVENTUALLY TURNING FROM THE NORTHWEST BY LATE TUESDAY. * VISIBILITY…PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WIND WILL LEAD TO TIMES OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * MAIN IMPACT…ANY AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE HEAVY SNOW CAN EXPECT TRAVEL TO BE DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE…AND VERY DANGEROUS GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY SEVERELY IMPACT TRAVEL. PREPARE TO CHANGE TRAVEL PLANS BASED ON THIS STORM…OR FOR THE POTENTIAL TO NOT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. WMOHEADER UGC KSZ008>012-020>023-034 VTEC /O.NEW.KTOP.WS.A.0001.160201T2100Z-160203T0600Z/ TIME…MOT…LOC
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